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June 5, 2017Virginia’s Largest Exhibit Planned for Fancy Food Show in New YorkTwo sofi awards for Hudson Henry Baking Co. in Palmyra; Edwards Virginia Smokehouse owner in Surry to be inducted into Specialty Food Hall of Fame
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The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) is hosting a Virginia Pavilion at the Summer Fancy Food Show June 25-27 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City. At least 37 Virginia specialty food companies will exhibit at the show, 32 of which will be featured in the 4,000 square-foot Virginia Pavilion, the Commonwealth’s largest pavilion in the history of the Fancy Food Show. Nearly all the Virginia companies exhibiting are part of VDACS’ Virginia’s Finest® trademark program, which identifies, differentiates and promotes top-quality, Virginia-produced and processed specialty food and beverage products.

The 2017 Summer Fancy Food Show will feature more than 180,000 products, 25,000 buyers and 2,500 exhibitors. During the show, Virginia’s Finest participant, Hudson Henry Baking Co. of Palmyra, will be presented with two specialty food trade sofi awards: a GOLD sofi for Maple, Pecans and Coconut Granola and a SILVER sofi for Cashew and Coconut Granola. The 2017 sofi winners were selected from 3,000 entries by a national panel of 62 culinary experts in a blind tasting. Hudson Henry will exhibit for the first time in the Virginia Pavilion at the Summer Fancy Food Show. In addition, Samuel W. Edwards III, owner/operator of Edwards Virginia Smokehouse, in Surry will be inducted into the Specialty Food Hall of Fame.

Also during the show, VDACS will announce an important enhancement to the Virginia’s Finest program in support of the Commonwealth’s specialty food and beverage industry.

For more information on the Summer Fancy Food Show click here, and follow the show’s social media hashtag #SFFS17.

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